Levar Thornton Jr.
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Fourth year in the same secondary at Baylor. On tape: 6 tackles against Kansas, Week 8, 2026.
23 tackles · 0 sacks
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 7 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Last game (Wk 9): 2 pass breakups, 5 tackles.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 16-17vs Auburn | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 44-3vs Prairie View A&M | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 36-19vs Louisiana Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 23-13vs Colorado | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 55-19@ Arizona State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 6-17vs TCU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-25@ Kansas | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 41-9@ UCF | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 23 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 7 |
Oct. 30 · W 41-9 at UCF, play by play
5 tackles, including 2 passes broken up, tied for 7th-most passes broken up in FBS that week. His pass breakup on 4th and 7 ended UCF’s drive (downs).
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Broke up a pass on 4th and 7. Third quarter, up 34-9. Ended UCF’s drive (downs).
Broke up a pass on 4th and 8. Fourth quarter, up 34-9. Ended UCF’s drive (downs).
Against his own season: his best passes defended game of the season so far.
His game this year: coverage — 7 passes defended in the 8 games with play by play.
How Baylor’s defense played that day
UCF’s 15 drives: 12 stopped (2 takeaways) · 3 scored. While the game was within a score they held 4 of 4.
6 tackles, including 1 pass broken up.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
1 tackle, including 1 pass broken up.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
0 tackles, including 1 pass broken up.
4 tackles, including 1 pass broken up.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
2 tackles, including 1 pass broken up.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
2 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
3 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Week 9 · 2026
W 41-9
at UCF
5 tackles · 2 pass breakups · 3 solo tackles
Dominant 32-point win on the road against UCF.
Ratings of the games shown run from -4 to +9 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
30%7 pass breakupsTackle volume
23tackles this season23 tackles · 7 pass breakups.
4 seasons under Dave Aranda — 21-24 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road3g | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Aranda
Pass share
49.7%
309 pass / 313 run
Plays / game
77.8
8 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
349 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #163 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #6 of 29 Big 12 CBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 29 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dave Aranda.
